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אֲזַל ʼăzal — to depart

pronounced az-al' · Strong's H236 · 7 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as go.

(Aramaic) the same as H235; to depart.

ʼăzal in each stem

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 5Imperative 1Participle (active) 1

אֲזַ֨לוּ Ezra 4:23 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. (KJV)

אֲזַ֜לְנָא Ezra 5:8 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common plural

Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. (KJV)

אֵֽזֶל Ezra 5:15 Imperative, 2nd person masculine singular

And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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